The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-03-31


come back the answer in heavenly echo:
"What will you.never be sick again"
Notwithstanding
"What! will you never be tired againp
Observation-Disclosures
'sWhat! will you never weep againP'
'Never-weep-again."
stWhat? will you never die again2"
"Never-die-again."
'sOh, We army of departed kindred, we
hail you from bank to banki Wait for US
when the Jordan of death shall part for
US. Come down and meet us half way
between the widowed banks of earth and
the palm groves of heaven.
On Jordan's stormy banks stand,
And cast a wistful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
o, the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises on my sightl
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
But there is one step still in advance
suggested by this subject. If this religion
of Christ is so important in life, and so
important in the last hours of life, how
much more important it will be in the great
eternity. I need not stand here and
argue it. There is something within your
soul that says now, while speak:
81 am immortal; the stars shall die, but
l am immortal"
You feel that your existence on earth is
only small piece of your being. 1t is
only mile up to the grave, but it is 10000
miles beyond. The slab of the tomb is
only the milestone on which we travelled.
The world itself will grow old and die.
The stars of our night will burn
down to their sockets and expire. The
sun, like q spark struck from an anvil,
will flash and go out. The winds will ut
ter their last whisper, and ocean heave it's
last groan; but you and will live for
ever! Gigantic-immortal Mighty to
suffer or enjoy. Mighty to love or hate.
Mighty to soar or sink. Then, what will
be to US the store, the shop, the Office, the
applause of the world, the scorn of our
enemies, the things that lifted US up, and
the things that pressed us down? What
to John Wesley are all the mobs that
howled after hima What to Voltaire are
all the nations that applauded hima What
to Paul now the dungeons that chilled
him2 What to Latimer now the
flame that consumed hima All those
who through the grace of Christ reach
that land will never be disturbed. None to
dispute their throne, they shall reign for
have made no preparation for the futurel
When the sharp-shod hoofs of eternal
disaster come up painting and swift to go
over them, how will they contend with
horsesa And when the waves of their
wretchedness rise up, white and foamy,
under the swooping of eternal storms,
and the pillows become more wrathful
and dash more high, oh, what will they
do s'amid the swelling of Jordonr?
II could come into3your heart this mo-
ment, would see that many of you, my
dear friends, had vowed to be the Lords.
know not what sickness it was, or what
trial; but verify believe there is not
man in the house but has some time VOW ed
he would be the Lords. 1t might have
been at the time when your child lay sick,
you said:
80, Lord, if thou wilt let this child get
well, will be Christian
Or it might have been in some business
trouble, when you have said:
40 Lord, if thou wilt let me keep my
property, I will be a Christian"
You kept your property, your child got
we'll, the peril passed. Are you
Christiana History says that long ago it
had been announced that the world was
coming to an end, and there was great ex.
element in London. 1t was said that the
world would perish on certain Friday On
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day the people were in the cathedral,
praying and weeping. 1t seemed as if the
whole English nation was being convert
ed to God, for it was announced as GER
tain by philosophers that on that
coming Friday the world would per-
ism. Friday came, and there were no
no in DIV
quakes. The day passed along just like
every other day, and when it was past and
the night came, it is said that in London
there was scene of riot, and wassail,
and drunkenness, and debauchery such
as had never been witnessed. They for
got their repentance, they forgot their
good resolutions. 0 how much human
nature in thatl While trials and misfort.
unes come to US, and we are down deep in
darkness and troubls, we make vows.
We say:
80 Lord, do SO, and will do sou
The darkness passes, the peril goes
away. We are as we were before, or
worse, for oh, how often have seen men
start for the kingdom of God, come to
within arms reach of it, and then go back
farther from God than they ever were
before, dropping from the very moment of
their privilege into darkness for ever.
Oh, how ungrateful we have beenl Do
you know how much God has done for
you and for mes Have you never felt it,
How much he did for you to-dayi Who
spread the table for you? Who watched
you last nights Who has been kind and
good to you all your life 1onTs
Oh, how ungrateful we have been!
Methinks the goodness of God ought to
lead this whole audience to repentance. /
know not your individual history Some
of you never saw before, some of you
will never see again; but know that God
has been good to you. What return have
you made? There was steamer on one
| OF the Western lakes heavily laden with
passengers, and there was little child
who stood on the side of the taffrail,
| leaning over and watching the water,
when she lost her balance and dropped
| into the waves. The lake was very
| rough. The mother cried:
"Save my child Save my childp
There seemed none disposed to leap into
the water. There was a Newfoundland
dog on deck. He looked up in his mas
ter's face, as if for orders. His master
SAID:
TRAY, overheard, catch 'eml,
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